Wooden building.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

J. H. FLI'GKINGBR.

I WOODEN BUILDING. APPLICATION FILED JAN.17. 1908.

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JACOB H. FLIOKINGER, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

WOODEN BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed January 1'7, 1908. Serial No. 411,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB H. FLIOKINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of wooden building, such as a barn, and the invention aims to produce a frame Work structure of this character which will be light and yet strong and durable and capable of withstanding lateral and other stresses to a marked degree. And a further object of the invention is an im proved construction of barn or the like that maybe erected at a comparatively low cost as regards both material and time consumed by the workmen employed, and one that is so arranged as to effectively resist the accustomed' outward tension caused by the weight of the grain or the like stored therein, which is so liable to cause an outward bulging of a building of this character.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the frame-work of a structure embodying the principles of my invention, the section being taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2 and, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the sills of my improved structure, and 2 the floor joists or cross timbers supported by said sills.

3 designates the end beams or sills. The studs 4 are supported in the usual or any desired manner at their lower ends on the sills,

and in turn support upon their upper ends the side and end plates 5, and 6. At predetermined intervals in the sides and ends of the structure, and preferably always at the doorways, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, obliquely disposed braces are provided, said braces extending from the plates to the sills and bearing at their ends against the same, and intersecting sundry of the studs, the intersected studs, designated 4* having mitered ends nailed or otherwise secured to the braces. These braces 7 lie in the planes of the sides and ends, respectively.

It is to-be particularly noted, that the corner posts 8 and all of the studs 4 and their braces 7 slant or are inclined inwardly, whereby compensation is made for any outward bulging of the sides and ends of the structure particularly near the base thereof due to the weight of the rain or other commodity stored within t e building. Any outward bulging of the building at the top, or in fact any bulging whatever of the sides and ends, is successfully resisted by my invention in the provision of tie-rods 9 that may be located at any desired intervals according to the size of the structure or the particular use to which it is to be put, the said tie-rods extending from sills to plate in outwardly inclined directions, an preferably extending through the sills and plate and secured thereto under tension by means of the nuts shown, or equivalent means.

My improved structure is also braced and strengthened at predetermined points according as judgment may dictate by means of a plurality of outwardly inclined strut braces 10 the lowerends of which are preferably supported on the joists and the'longitudinal sills, the upper ends of said braces eXtendmg underneath and bracing and supporting the plates 5 and 6.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a strong, rigid, and light construction of building framework the arrangement of parts of which and their specific connection above set forth does away with the necessity of purlins, purlinposts, tie-beams or cross-beams of any character, thereby increasing the capacity of the barn or other building constructed in accordance with the invention while at the same time decreasing the cost of erection.

In connection with the improvements before described, I may employ an improved construction of door-cap or shield 13 preferably constructed of sheet metal and substantially of Z-shape in cross section as best seen in Fig. 2. Each door-cap 13 is secured in place by being passed through a slot formed for it in one of the side boards 14, the inner and upwardly extending edge of the ca being held securely between the rear side of said board and the front faces of the door arch timbers 15. This makes a very secure construction of doorcap, and one that will serve as an effective water-shed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A building structure, comprising a base, sides and ends that extend upwardly and inwardly from the base, and tie-rods and strut braces secured to the base and to the sides and ends above the base.

2. A building structure, comprising a base, sides and ends that extend upwardly and inwardly from the base, and that embody side and end lates, tie-rods extending downwardly an inwardly from the plates to the base and secured under tension to the plates and base, and strut braces extending inwardly from the plates to the base, the. lower ends of said braces being sup orted on the base and the upper ends exten ing under and assisting to support the plates.

3. A building structure, comprising a base embodying side and end sills and cross timbers secured thereto, sides and ends su ported on said base and extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom, the sides and ends embodying studs, plates secured on said studs, and oblique braces lying in the planes of the sides and ends, respectively, tie-rods extending inwardly from the plates to the base and secured to the same, and braces also extending inwardly from the plates to the base and secured thereto, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB II. FLICKINGER. [1. s]

Witnesses:

FREDERICK S. STITT, W. N. WooDsoN. 

